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One of my VBR use rental license and i’m not understand about the calulcation.Total I have 25 endpoint backup by VBR, 1 is windows agent, 21 is hyper-v, 3 is vmware where i split into 2 job.The qty of my rent license is 275.In the license information we can see I have 22 VMs and total used point is 242 (22 * 11).  In the license report the qty used is 242 and in the bottom of report sya this report is

Hello community,Happy to share that, in record time after the v13 launch, the Veeam Backup & Replication v13 course is now available. 🔥🔥🔥🎉This version brings key elements compared to v12, including malware detection, enterprise plug-ins, monitoring and reporting, and guidance on basic troubleshooting with Veeam Support. It also expands into enterprise-level capabilities and advanced security, going beyond backup basics with integrations and operational monitoring to help address modern data protection challenges.What’s new in the Veeam Backup & Replication v13 course:Veeam Software Appliance configuration and management Protection for physical servers and unstructured data SureBackup and immutable repositories for recoverability Malware detection and remediation Enterprise plug-ins and integrations Monitoring, alerting, and reporting Basic troubleshooting

Currently i already backup virtual machine under Azure Local / Azure HCI environment.Now i have plan to upgrade the Azure Local host and to mitigate if the upgrade failed i want to restore from the backup.So anyone know here how we can make backup for azure local host itself? Since the OS is using Azure Stack HCI

Hi everyone,I’m using the Veeam community edition to backup some data to WORM tapes (I have an HP Ultrium LTO-4 1840 tape drive with HP LTO-4 WORM tapes). Unfortunately, I’m getting the following error when the backup job starts: “There is an old MTF block on tape. Cannot write a new one” after which the job fails before backing up any data.  The WORM tapes are all brand new/sealed, so are completely blank and the write-protect toggle/switch on the tapes are all set to off. I created a WORM Media Pool and selected ‘Do not create, always continue using current media set’ for the Media Set.On first-time insertion, the tapes were inventoried and added to the WORM media pool (Veeam successfully recognizes the tapes as WORM capable) so all looks good.However I’ve tried 3 brand new tapes so far and they’ve all fai

Hola comunidad! tengo problemas desde que actualicé a RHEL 9.7, recibo el mensaje de error;Failed to create volume snapshotFailed to take volume snapshotFailed to perform managed backupFailed to load module [veeamblksnap]. El soporte de veeam me indico que debo actualizar y “Using 6.3.2.1207 VAL with RHEL 9.7”, dentro de las instrucciones se indican para el servidor donde se instaló veeam, no para actualizar el agente for linux dentro de RHEL 9.7. https://www.veeam.com/kb2804Deployment Procedure for Linu

There is an option for cross hypervisors VM creation in instant recovery, what would be the performance (any impact on the performance?), compatibility issues, and what would be the required tools (if any)?

Hello guys,Having a problem with one of our Repo.I upgraded the VBR from v12.0 to v12.3.2 before I upgrade it to v13 since it’s required.After that I have problem with this repo. How to check which account VBR is using when trying to do the upgrade and is there a way of manually upgrading the repos?Thank you. 

If you are using the Veeam plugin for Nutanix AHV. Please do not upgrade to Nutanix AOS 7.5 release. We have encountered some serious compatibility issues in our testing. Once it is validated we will update the forums post below. https://forums.veeam.com/nutanix-ahv-f51/aos-7-5-t101416.html Thanks,Pete

There could potentially be bug in the RTM v13 release for those that have access to it and are MSPs.  After upgrading a test box in my environment, the API/Web Services are not starting for me.I updated from 12.3.2 version and now have a case open.  I know ​@Cragdoo tested in his homelab too and found the same problem.  So wanted to make everyone aware unless you are doing a new install in which case I heard from someone else that it works fine.  I am going to test a new install myself and see if it is just the upgrade which has the problem.I will post an update to this thread once I get more details from Support and possible fixes, etc.

Hello Community, Sharing an update that Veeam announced about production license distribution. This will matter for anyone who handles orders or helps customers access their license files. What’s changingStarting December 4, 2025, production license files will no longer be sent as attachments in order confirmation emails.This includes purchases through the online store, public marketplaces, and distributor marketplaces.Going forward, the designated license administrator for the customer will need to download the production license directly from the My Account portal under Production Licenses.Trial and NFR licenses are not affected. Why this matters• Improves security and keeps license access tied to the right admins• Makes it easier for customers to retrieve licenses in one place• Partners need to make sure the correct customer license admin is specified on every

Want to know to optimize cloud storage costs while maintaining immutability for your backups? In the december edition of my Regkey of the month series, I dive deeper in Block Generation I explain what it actually does, why it matters, and how a simple registry tweak can dramatically impact storage I/O and costs (sometimes for better — sometimes for worse).If you work with object-storage backups (AWS S3, IBM Cloud, on-prem S3-compatible systems…), this one’s a must-read before messing around with default settings.Check out the full post here on my blog: Advanced Object Storage I/O Optimization: Fine-Tuning Veeam Block GenerationLet me know if you like it, es

Hi Everyone, I have started a new podcast! To get things rolling I asked former Veeam Legend/Vanguard, current Veeam MVP and all around data protection superstar Michael Paul to come and teach me Entra ID and how to back it up properly with Veeam! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2545760/episodes/18306636 

For your information, the following Wasabi Knowledge Base articles were just published today (Tuesday, 9 December 2025):Create a Backup Job in Veeam v13 to Backup to WasabiCreate a Backup Copy Job in Veeam v13 With WasabiCreate a Backup Job in Veeam v13 to Backup to Wasabi Using a Scale-out Backup RepositoryVeeam Software Appliance v13 with Wasabi

A couple of days ago I started to implement an idea that I had for a long time. Wouldn’t it be cool to have an awesome-like list that has a bunch of links but with a built in search functionality. That way, you can add a lot of links and still keep it useful. The result of this experiment can be found here:https://tdewin.github.io/veeamdex/All processing is done in the browser (that is why it can be hosted on github). Even this community is linked. But what I personally like the most is that you can do “deep queries”. It doesn’t do anything but it prepares the links that support it for instant search. For example, deepq q=object storage, prepares google links that can search in the selected sites. This is handy i

Hi Everybody,a Customer of mine posted the following in R&D forum because we have some issues with his M365 Backup. They have a Case open since May adressing this issue but there is only litte to none progress. I thought that maybe anybody here might had a similar issue in the past and maby even a solution or workaround:We’re currently facing a critical issue involving both Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), and we’re hoping to hear from others who may have encountered something similar.Background: After restoring Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) — whether from Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 or via VBR from local backups — the files can no longer be opened. They appear to be corrupted, even though they were fully functional in their original state on SharePoint or in the file system. Restoring to different SharePoint sites or local paths didn’t help. One notable detail: the restored files are smaller in size t

Hi, This is a last resort post of sort as I can’t find any information on what is the expected scenario.On Solaris, our plugins were recently upgraded and pkginfo shows below with Version - 12.3.2.4165 $: pkginfo -l VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN PKGINST: VeeamPluginforOracleRMAN NAME: Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN CATEGORY: application,system ARCH: SPARC VERSION: 12.3.2.4165 BASEDIR: /opt VENDOR: Veeam Software Group GmbH PSTAMP: 501cb4f0240920251001193914 INSTDATE: Dec 04 2025 14:01 STATUS: completely installed FILES: 8 installed pathnames 2 directories 5 executables 190948 blocks used (approx) In the RMAN log, it shows comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 12.3.0.54 Question is should the RMAN lo

Hi everyone,We’re running Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.2.3617 Community Edition and during the Backup Copy job that copies to a USB drive the “Backup Copy USB.vbm” is not saving backup meta.Error message:Failed to save backup meta to [\\ServerName|usb|Backup Copy USB|Backup Copy USB.vbm] Error: Failed to call RPC function 'FcRenameFile': An unexpected network error occurred. Failed to rename file from [\\ServerName\usb\Backup Copy USB\Backup Copy USB.vbm_13_tmp] to [\\ServerName\usb\Backup Copy USB\Backup Copy USB.vbm].I went through several troubleshooting steps in Veeam Backup to try to fix the recurring error with the VBM file.Troubleshooting steps taken were firstly to disable Indexing on the USB external hard drive.I also forced Veeam to rebuild the .VBM file on the external USB hard drive.I copied existing VBM file, deleted it off USB hard drive, then resynced the Disk (Copy) to USB backup

Not sure if many are aware but I found this out today with my VHRs deployed from the JeOS ISO that the WebUI on port 10443 is disabled by default so you cannot connect to it.  You need to log in via a console (if a VM) and enable it to connect.  You will see a banner at the top about disabling once you are done which is just a click.Learning something new each day with v13. 😎

We are facing an issue with VBR where the application is down and cannot connect to the backup server. The error message shown is: “No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1. Make sure the backup server you are connecting with is 12.3.2 version.” Has anyone encountered this issue before? What steps or permanent solution can resolve this? Any guidance would be appreciated.    

With the Veeam Software Appliance and the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, update distribution is fundamentally changing. The Veeam Appliances automatically install certain updates to ensure security and operational continuity. This represents a massive increase in security and compliance. What is updated?Operating system and security updates are installed centrally and automatically, cannot be deselected, and are mandatory for both appliances. Security updates for Veeam Backup & Replication are also installed automatically and without user intervention to ensure security.Both appliances can also optionally install feature and bug fix updates automatically, provided this is enabled in the configuration. Major updates (e.g., V14.0), minor releases (e.g., 13.x), and private fixes are optional by default.Here is a simplified overview:Mandatory updatesVeeam cumulative & security updates (e.g.

Hi everyone,I was in Prague a few weeks ago and I had a question to ask, but I ended up forgetting to ask it, a question that keeps coming to my mind.The question is this: what does Veeam mean? Now I've figured it out, but I want to launch this poll and here are four options, which one is correct? Let's have some fun and vote. :-)I've asked several people who deal with Veeam and they don't know.

I was going over my feed today and stumbled upon a bunch of folks talking about how Minio is now in maintenance mode: https://charts.min.io/Minio was the first S3 and I used with Veeam way back in 2019 and also used it a lot for Kubernetes. Sad to see it go but this seems to be a trend I guess.I think the lesson for everyone is make sure that there is competition and alternatives. If there are not then expect unpleasant surprises.   

Why Redhat 8.6 is supported and Rocky Linux 8.6 no?

With my colleague ​@zzsoka  we have developed a procedure the inject needed variables for initial configuration of the Veeam appliances and now we would like to share it with you. When you deploy Linux appliances at scale, cloud‑init is usually the go‑to mechanism for injecting instance‑specific configuration (IP, hostname, NTP, credentials, etc.) at boot time. However, the Veeam Software Appliance used here does not ship with cloud‑init currently, so we need another way to achieve the same result: build one customized ISO and then let vSphere guest variables drive per‑VM configuration.This post walks through how I achieved that using:- a customized Kickstart file,- a customized GRUB configuration,- VMware guestinfo / OVF properties as the source of truth for variables,